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Obama says N. Korea deepening its isolation and poverty

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

NOVEMBER 11, 2010 05:15

SEOUL, South Korea — President Barack Obama on Thursday saluted the bravery of US troops who defended South Korea during its war with North Korea and condemned the communist North for continuing on a course that he says deepens its isolation from the rest of the world along with the poverty of its people.

Speaking at an Army garrison in a country where the U.S. keeps a presence of more than 28,000 troops, Obama said North Korea knows the path to prosperity and suggested its leaders take it.

"Because the Korean War ended where it began geographically, some used the phrase 'Die for a Tie' to describe the sacrifice of those who fought here," Obama said in his speech marking America's Veterans Day. "But as we look around at this thriving democracy and its grateful, hopeful citizens, one thing is clear: This was no tie. This was a victory.

"It was a victory then, and it is a victory today," he said.

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